Tips for divorced parents over the holidays

December 21, 2011  |   For divorced parents   |   Click on title to comment!

This list by Bari Zell Weinberger, Esq. offers tips for divorced parents on how to spend more time with your kids over the holiday: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bari-zell-weinberger-esq/6-ways-divorced-parents-c_b_1159215.html

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Teens engaging in group sex

December 20, 2011  |   For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

One in 13 teenage girls, aged 14 to 20, reported having a group-sex experience, with those young women more likely to have been exposed to pornography and childhood sexual abuse than their peers, according to a new study led by a BU School of Public Health researcher: http://sph.bu.edu/insider/Recent-News/group-sex-among-adolescents-an-emerging-public-health-concern.html http://jezebel.com/5869215/group-sex-is-the-latest-disturbing-teen-trend http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2076148/Group-sex-latest-trend-teenage-girls-disturbing-report-reveals.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

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Teens and eating

December 16, 2011  |   For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

According to a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health,  advertizing the number of calories in sugary beverages is becoming successful in dissuading teens from buying them: http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/15/teenagers-buy-fewer-sugary-drinks-with-posted-calorie-count/

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On teenagers

December 16, 2011  |   For parents of teenagers,For teens   |   Click on title to comment!

How some teens replied when asked, “What do you wish your parents knew that you don’t want to tell them?”: http://www.ksl.com/?sid=18401617&nid=1009

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Teens and texting

December 16, 2011  |   For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

American teens are sending or receiving 3,339 texts a month. That’s more than six per every hour they’re awake – an 8 percent jump from last year: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075129/The-age-mobile-data-tsunami-How-teenage-girls-send-receive-4-000-text-messages-month.html?ito=feeds-newsxml http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/u-s-teen-mobile-report-calling-yesterday-texting-today-using-apps-tomorrow/  

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